The First Easter Rabbit

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1976

25m

Kids & Family

Holiday

Animation

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A toy rabbit's plans to cheer up an ill girl on Easter take a gloomy turn when an evil bunny arrives on the scene.

Colin Fleming

The Daily Beast

Dec 6, 2018

For all of the lovey-doveyness, there's this spirit of, hey, we can imagine whatever we wish to imagine, and the holidays make us imagine a lot-some of it nuts.

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Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

Jul 21, 2012

3/5

It's not as much of a classic as Twas the Night Before Christmas, but The First Easter Rabbit is still a neat little show for the kids.

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Mar 30, 2010

The animation is stilted and rigid, Ives' narration is lackluster, and the voice acting is pretty awful...

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

Feb 23, 2010

6/10

...good, wholesome fun for the youngest members of the family.

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Jules Bass

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Arthur Rankin Jr.

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Burl Ives

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Robert Morse

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Stan Freberg

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Paul Frees

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A toy rabbit's plans to cheer up an ill girl on Easter take a gloomy turn when an evil bunny arrives on the scene.

Director: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
Producer: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
Screenwriter: Jules Bass
Genre: Kids & Family, Holiday, Animation
Release Date (TV): Apr 9, 1976
Runtime: 25m

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